Death by Scrolling
Welcome to Purgatory, now under new management! Death by Scrolling is a rogue-like vertically scrolling RPG where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Grim Reaper long enough to pay the Ferrymanʼs…
Death by Scrolling is an adventure developed by Terrible Toybox, released 28 October 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Linux.
What Death by Scrolling is
Death by Scrolling is an adventure game developed by Terrible Toybox and released in 2025. It was published by MicroProse. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Welcome to Purgatory, now under new management! Death by Scrolling is a rogue-like vertically scrolling RPG where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Grim Reaper long enough to pay the Ferrymanʼs exorbitant river-crossing fee to the afterlife.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Death by Scrolling launched on 28 October 2025, within three weeks of Battlefield 6, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders and The Outer Worlds 2. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 6, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2.
Official trailer
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